Transatlantic Agency is proud to share the great news of the promotion of Amanda Orozco to Senior Literary Agent. Having studied and trained in New York, Amanda is now part of the vibrant Los Angeles publishing community and has grown an exceptional client list of quality literary and upmarket writers, with a special affinity for Asian and Latinx writers and diverse voices. Amanda launched the career of Indigenous thriller writer, Nick Medina, and championed Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, working closely with her on her highly anticipated sophomore book, Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders (Tiny Reparations Books). Other notable clients include Paola Ferrante, Kay Chronister and Anthony Christian Ocampo, among many others.
Says President Samantha Haywood: “I can’t say enough great things about Amanda Orozco. As a colleague, she is collaborative and supportive and a great mentor, and as an agent she is discerning and dogged in her tenacity to find and break out new talent. Amanda cares about good publishing and taking good care of her authors. All to say, Amanda has demonstrated a senior level of ability and expertise which this promotion acknowledges. I’m excited to see where she takes her authors next.”
Before joining the Transatlantic Agency in the fall of 2020, Amanda Orozco gained a breadth of experience in academic publishing, publicity, subsidiary rights, and agenting. She graduated from UCLA later moved to New York to complete the NYU Masters of Science in Publishing: Digital and Print Media. While at NYU, she worked at the National Book Foundation, Shreve Williams Public Relations, and The Gernert Company; she was also selected to attend the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Beijing International Book Fair. Amanda worked in Subsidiary Rights at Little, Brown, where she helped sell rights for authors such as Michael Connelly, Elin Hilderbrand, and Sarah Knight, and worked at Park & Fine before moving back to Los Angeles to build her client list with Transatlantic. Amanda is a member of AALA and her aim is to elevate and amplify marginalized voices always.